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TIMELINE: El Chapo's life of crime

MEXICO CITY -- Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto announced Friday that fugitive drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was recaptured
six months after he escaped from a maximum security prison.

Responding to what was seen as one of the biggest embarrassments of his administration — Guzman's July 11 escape through a tunnel from Mexico's highest-security prison — Pena Nieto wrote in his Twitter account on Friday: "mission accomplished: we have him."

Guzman is considered the "most powerful drug trafficker in the world" by the United States Treasury. Here's a snapshot of his life of crime (courtesy of Wikipedia
):

Born in either 1954 or 1957 - sources disagree on the date of his birth.

1980s - Introduced to Félix Gallardo, one of the major drug lords in Mexico at that time. Guzman first works as a chauffeur for Gallardo before being put in charge of logistics to coordinate drug shipments from Colombia to Mexico by land, air and sea.

1993 - Captured in Guatemala, extradited back to Mexico and sentenced to 20 years in prison in Mexico for murder and drug trafficking.